BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 189 



THE Spotted Eagle (Aquila navia, Meyer) is a very rare 

 abnormal winter migrant to the British Isles, but is a 

 resident in Pomerania, moving southward through Russia, 

 and during migration is met with in Egypt and Northern 

 Africa. The adult has the general colouration dark brown; 

 feathers on rump, marked with light brown and whitish; 

 tail, dark brown, with tips of light brown; primaries, dark 

 brown; head and nape feathers, margined with light brown; 

 feathers of under tail-coverts, pale ochreous; irides, light 

 hazel-brown; bill, dark horn colour; tarsus, feathered; cere 

 and feet, yellow. Length, from twenty-four to twenty-nine 

 inches. The female is larger than the male, but is other- 

 wise similar. 



